New Delhi: L-G Kiran Bedi has been removed from the post amidst the ongoing crisis over the Congress government in Puducherry. This information has been given in a statement issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday night. According to the statement issued from the office of President Ramnath Kovind, till the new appointment, the Telangana Governor Tamilisai Sundararajan has been asked to assume the responsibility of the L-G of Puducherry for the time being.
The statement said, “The President has directed that Dr. Kiran Bedi will leave the office of the L-G of Puducherry. Kiran Bedi has been removed from the post at a time when there is still some time left for the assembly elections in Puducherry.
Earlier in the day, Puducherry Social Welfare Minister Kandasamy said the cabinet headed by Chief Minister Narayanasamy will resign after the resignations of Congress legislators in Puducherry ahead of the assembly elections later this year.
In a video, Kandaswamy said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Puducherry L-G Kiran Bedi have been harassing the Congress government for four and a half years. They are trying to dissolve the regime. We are working to dissolve the cabinet headed by CM Narayanasamy and win the assembly elections again.” Earlier, Congress MLA from Kamaraj Nagar constituency, A John Kumar had resigned from his post, citing “dissatisfaction with the Congress government.”
This comes ahead of the Legislative Assembly polls scheduled to be held in the Union Territory.
